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18-year-old school worker sought in stabbing death of advocate in NYC

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Police said they are searching for an 18-year-old male suspect in the fatal stabbing of New York City social justice advocate Ryan Carson. Police said they are searching for an 18-year- old male suspect in the apparently random fatal stabbing of a New York City social justice advocate . Ryan Carson, 31, died after being stabbed in the chest multiple times during an assault early Monday morning in Brooklyn, police said. The suspect in his murder works at a school in the Clinton Hill neighborhood of Brooklyn, police said Wednesday. Authorities are searching for him in the area and other locations he is known to frequent. Ryan Carson and his girlfriend, seated, as well as the suspect are seen prior to the stabbing in this screengrab from a video that is part of the police investigation. Obtained by ABC News The NYPD released a photo Tuesday of the unidentified suspect. Police are working to develop probable cause to make an arrest, NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny told reporters dur...

As college football season arrives, schools pay monitors to stop players and staff from gambling

University athletic departments and college conferences use independent sports-betting monitoring services to make sure athletes and staff do not bet on sports LAS VEGAS -- North Carolina junior tight end John Copenhaver gets a group text message from his university pointing out the latest betting scandal or reminding him of the importance of not violating rules against betting on sports. “It’s being put in our heads every single day," he said. Schools feel they have no choice. The spread of legalized sports gambling — and some early scandals — have captured the full attention of athletic departments and conference offices. All major conferences are paying independent betting monitors to make sure their athletes abide by the rules — and to catch those who are not. All of this means the personal information surrendered by athletes — birthdays, addresses, Social Security numbers, cellphone numbers — is used in a way unlike the same information shared by their fellow students. Some c...

A year after Uvalde school shooting, a community's quest to remember and rebuild

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“20/20” documented families of victims and survivors present at Robb Elementary during the May 2022 incident. Kimberly Rubio started running three years ago, a daily routine inspired by her fitness-enthusiast mother. Now, she runs to process the pain, she says, that lingers nearly a year after a tragedy that killed one of her own daughters unfolded in her hometown of Uvalde, Texas, on May 24, 2022. "It's the only time I really let myself think about what happened that day," Kimberly Rubio told "20/20." "If there was somewhere I could go to escape this pain, I'd have already booked my flight." Kimberly Rubio is seen during a run across Uvalde, Texas, and pauses near a mural painted in tribute of her daughter Lexi on Oct. 31, 2022. ABC News Families across Uvalde shared their intimate and unimaginable journeys throughout the past year, for a special "20/20" report, documenting the long-term impacts a community faces after a mass shooting. ...

Death of school teacher after LAPD Taser incident, arrest: The complete timeline of events

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As investigators continue to probe the death of school teacher Keenan Anderson, they have released video and details about his Jan. 3 encounter with police officers. There are growing demands for answers over the death of a 31-year-old Washington D.C. teacher hours after he was repeatedly shocked by a Los Angeles Police Department Taser during an arrest that was filmed on a police body camera. Keenan Anderson, the cousin of Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors, died at a hospital on Jan. 3 about four and a half hours after he was shocked, police allege. Anderson, while visiting L.A., was stopped by an LAPD motorcycle officer when witnesses flagged down the officer about a traffic accident. Initially, Anderson appeared to have been a witness running in the street, but others in the area pointed toward him as causing the accident, police body camera footage showed. A screengrab of a video released by LAPD on YouTube shows the LAPD interaction with Keenan Anderson, who died a...